Darkness set in. Even though he was fascinated by the bright colours of Assiah, he was glad when it got dark. His eyes were used to low light. Luckily, Behemoth and the other three demons also reappeared as the sun went down. „I'm going to make you proud, Father...", the teenager muttered to himself and took a deep breath in. Slowly, he went to the church. He was sure that there shouldn't be anyone in there. He snuck in and hid behind a bench. He looked around hoping that there would be a door or some other clue where he could find Kurikara. He convinced himself that he was alone and started lookind underneath the altar. Not finding anything, he searched in the host. Unfortunately, all he found was some flat, round, bread-like stuff, he didn't know. He smelled on one and ate it while putting its container back. It tasted like literally nothing. He went to the baptistal font. After that, he started knocking on the floor to check if there was a trap door. Still he found nothing. „Where the hell is that damn thing?", Rin growled. He slowly lost his patience. „Is someone there?", he suddenly heard a voice. It had to be one of the persons living in the bordering house. Quickly, Rin hid in a corner where a statue of a woman with blue robes holding a baby stood. „Is everything all right, Maruta?", a younger voice called the man standing in the church. „Yukio? Oh, I just thought I heard something knocking in here. I thought it may be a burglar...", the first man explained. „It's okay, you can go back to dinner, I'm checking for you.", the newcomer offered. „Thank you, Yukio-kun.", he heard steps and a door closing. „Hello?", the younger voice called out. Of course, Rin didn't answer, but his stomach did. He hadn't eaten thing since he came to Assiah. A boy in Rin's age came to the corner, he was hiding in. He had short, brown hair, cyan eyes, three moles in his face and wore glasses. „Who are you? What are you doing in here?", he asked seriously. „I... I...", Rin needed to find an excuse. „I was cold and hungry, so I thought that I could... It is so much warmer in here...", he stuttered. „What's your name? You seem to be at my age. Did we go to school together?", he questioned further. „My name is... Ron... yeah, it's Ron. And no, I'm kinda new here.", he improvised a story. „Ron? That's a weird name. If you need help, you could have just come to the monastery behind the church.", the boy, who was called Yukio before, explained. „You are obviously hungry. Eat with us, Ron", he offered politely. Rin used the chance to look around the monastery. But before that, he needed to eat something. If it came to a fight, he wouldn't be of much use if he was hungry. Awkwardly, he followed Yukio into a large kitchen, where multiple persons sat and ate. The six men were staring at the two newcomers. Rin recognized the grey-haired man, he met that afternoon. „That's the burglar, you heard, Maruta. His name is Ron and it seems like he was just looking for a place to stay overnight.", the teenager with the glasses introduced the prince. „Why didn't you say so before, boy.", the priest stood up. „A young boy like you shouldn't be sleeping outside. Where are your parents?", he asked with a warm, inviting voice. Rin hesistated before answering. That exorcist didn't seem half as cruel as his father told him. „My mother died and my father... I umm... ran away from home.", the teenager lied about his father. „That sounds rough. You're welcome to stay here. What kind of monastery would we have here, if we wouldn't help a lost boy? Sit with us and eat. We have enough for all of us."
Silently, Rin sat down and started eating. „So, how old are you, Ron?, one of the monks asked. „I'm almost sixteen.", he answered shortly. He felt really uncomfortable sitting among all these demon hating exorcists. „Just like Yukio here. Well, that's a coincidence.", the monk laughed. After that, Rin didn't really pay attention to the conversation. He thought about the whereabouts of Kurikara. „Can someone show me the bathroom?", he asked after a while. „Of course. Just follow me.", Yukio said and stood up. Rin followed him through a hallway. „Why do you live here? You're so much younger than the monks.", Rin asked the other teenager. „Father Fujimoto took me and my twin brother in, when we were babies.", he answered. „You have a twin brother? That's cool. I have a few older brothers, but I guess I would like someone my age in the family.", Rin really missed his brothers. „Yeah me too... My brother disappeared when we were small. Dad told me, that he was kidnapped...", Yukio told the raven haired boy. Hearing that made Rin feel bad for him. He also didn't know all of his brothers. He had never met the two oldest sons of Satan, Lucifer and Samael. „That's the bathroom.", Yukio changed the subject and pointed at a door. „Thanks.", Rin entered the room and waited until he heard Yukio walk away. He stepped out in the hallway again and started looking around. He flinched, when he suddenly heard a noise behind him. Slowly, he turned around and relaxed when he saw a little frog-like creature sitting on the ground before him. „Well, hello little reaper. How did you sneak in here?", Rin kneeled down picking him up. „Would you mind, helping me find something?", he asked kindly. The frog seemed to notice, that Rin wasn't completely human and croaked approving. „Great. Thank you. Do you know, where the strongest defences against demons is built up in here?", the prince asked the frog. As a demon, the reaper was able to sense demon-repelling barriers. They wouldn't stop Rin, but he wasn't able to sense them either. The reaper jumped off Rin's hand and made his way through the monastery.

„He definetely takes his time in the bathroom. Maybe someone should check after him.", Maruta said. The monks were still sitting in the kitchen waiting for the boy's return. „It's okay... I look after him.", Yukio sighed. „Don't bother, Yukio. I go check.", Father Fujimoto left the kitchen. The priest had a certain feeling, so he first went to his own room where the koma sword was stored. He wasn't that suprised, when he caught their guest trying to pick the lock of Shiro's room. Next to him was sitting a small frog. He didn't know how a reaper made its way into the monastery, but he guessed that it was influencing that teenager. „Hold it right there, boy." Rin blanched. He hadn't noticed the man walking up to him. Carefully, Rin picked up the reaper hiding it behind his back. „Umm... okay, I confess... I'm a cleptomaniac and thought, I could find anything in the locked room.", the prince lied quickly. „No, you're not. The demon led you here, so you could steal Kurikara. But demons lie, don't listen to it. Whatever it promised, it's just using you." Rin was confused by the priest's words. Why would a demon lie to him? The man started reciting phrases. The little frog started to wince and seemed to be in pain. „Wait! What are you doing to him? Stop it!", Rin shouted. He could do nothing but watch the little demon die in his hands. It disappeared and Rin clenched his fists. „I promised that no demon would die under my watch... HOW DARE YOU MAKING ME BREAK THAT PROMISE?", the teenager was shocked and angry at the old man. In his rage, he punched against the locked door which just gave in and flew inside the room. The other inhabitants of the monastery heard the noise and the shouting and arrived at the scene. „What's going on?", Yukio asked while having one hand on a concealed gun. They all looked at Rin. „He's trying to steal the sword. Isn't that right, Rin?", Shiro asked the boy. This outburst and the strength to destroy a door with one punch had led him to the conclusion that this was in fact Yukio's older twin brother. The prince didn't know, how they could know his name, but he used the sudden confusion of Yukio, who seemed to be the only one carrying a gun, to run into Shiro's room. There it was. Kurikara, the demon slaying blade, was laying on a shrine-like table with runes around it. A demon wouldn't be able to touch the sword, but Rin wasn't a demon. He couldn't believe that he made it. Ge reached out for the sword, when a sudden blast ripped his feet from the ground. The floor gave in and he fell down. Landing hard on the floor below, it was like his breath was forced out of his lunges. It took him a while to stand up. He came to his feet when the exorcists made their way down. Rin gave off a sharp whistle, only seconds after that, Behemoth and the other demons stormed in ready to protect their prince. One of the salamanders supported Rin, who had sprained his ankle and dislocated his shoulder in the fall. The demons weren't attacking. They just stood protective there in front of Rin. „Rin! Is that really you?", Yukio asked while pointing two guns on Behemoth. „How do you know my name?", the prince shouted. „He won't listen to you, Yukio. He was raised in Gehenna. He is here so he can become a demon.", Shiro stood behind Rin. „But, he's my brother! I have to talk to him!", Yukio insisted. „I do have 8 brothers, but you are certainly not one of them, human!", Rin declined. The younger one noticed that it didn't make any sence to argue with him. His look wasn't exactly hateful, it was mixture of anger, fear, pain and the will to protect the creatures around him. „Just give me, what belongs to me.", Rin demanded limping towards them. „We can't do that. This sword is the only thing preventing Satan to attack Assiah.", Shiro refused while pulling a gun out. „I really don't want to hurt you, since I made a promise to you mother, but if you leave me no choice...", he pointed the gun at Rin. The salamander next to Rin growled. „Send away those demons or we have to use violence.", the paladin threatend the demon prince. „I can't. They have orders and won't listen to me when I tell them to go away.", Rin answered. „Then you leave us no choice."
There was shooting and chanting of bible verses. Behemoth tossed Rin behind a closet so he wouldn't get hurt. Rin watched in terror as the salamanders and the ghoul were taken down after a short while. He couldn't leave his cover because a single bullet would kill him. Behemoth put up a much bigger fight to the exorcists. „Stop it! Don't hurt him!", Rin crawled forth the closet. „Stop!"
Behemoth struggled against that many exorcists. He wouldn't make it without help. „STOP IT!", Rin yelled. Blue flames burst out like an explosion. While Shiro, Yukio and Maruta managed to get themselves to safety behind a corner, the other four didn't have that much luck. When the flames ebbed down they were screaming in pain for the heavy burns all over their bodies. Maruta, Shiro and Yukio went to check their injuries, but they were to bad. Behemoth picked up a very drained Rin and jumped up to the first floor where Kurikara was still laying. Shiro tried to follow them, but he was to late. Rin took the sword out of the protective barrier before passing out. Behemoth ripped a giant hole in the wall and brought the prince to safety. Shiro managed to hit the demon with a few bullets, but he didn't kill him. Under a lot of curses he took out his phone and called an old „friend".
Amaimon's pet brought Rin to a frozen lake, where Rin slided of his back landing in freshly fallen snow. Behemoth let Kurikara fall out of his mouth next to the prince. The sudden cold of the snow woke Rin up. „What? Where am I?", he asked. Then he saw Behemoth licking some of his wounds. „What have they done to you? I'm so sorry...", he limped over to the large, green demon but tripped over the sword that was laying in front of him. „That's Kurikara... I got it...", he realised relieved. But then it struck him. Four demons died because of him. Four demons he swore to protect. Maybe his father was right and humans really were a cruel, mercyless race, but then he thought about Sayu, who had helped him, when he landed in Assiah. Although, she probably wouldn't have helped him, if she had known, that he was the son of Satan. He sat down, since his ankle still hurted. Then he reached out for the sword with his left hand, but someone was faster. A tall man was standing before him. „What the... who are you?", Rin asked concerned that it was another exorcist. „So you really managed to get you heart back, little brother.", the man in the overexaggerated white and pink suit. „Little brother? What are you talking about? I've never seen you before, you clown.", the prince growled. „Oh... right... I haven't been in Gehenna for a while... I think it's been over 200 years... well, how time flies. It feels like it was yesterday when I found you in that cave.", he declared making a weird dramatic pose. „You... You are Samael, aren't you?", Rin asked. He heard a few things about the king of time. Some said he betrayed Satan, others said he was on a special mission to destroy the Vatican, but the prince didn't know what he could believe. „Please call me Mephisto. Nobody is calling me Samael around here. So, now you have the opportunity to become a demon, the true heir of the Gehennian throne... but do you really want that?", the demon said in a playful voice. „What do you mean? Why wouldn't I want that?", Rin was confused. He wanted to make his father proud, but now that he had actually been to Assiah, he had some doubts. „You've seen Assiah now for the first time and you can't deny that you liked it.", Mephisto had secretely watched the boy since he stepped out of the gate. „Everything is so bright and colorful, and they have really good food and the humans seem to be happy all the time...", Rin thought out loud. „Now it's winter. You should see it in spring or summer. It's really warm and there are a lot of animals.", Mephisto started telling him about Assiah more, which increased the doubts in the prince. He knew, that he couldn't be sure that he was allowed to come back after he returned to Gehenna. „I'm giving you a choice. Either you stay here, leave Kurikara with me and live a human life in this beatiful world as long as the sword can hold your power, which could last a day, a month or even years, or you take the sword, unsheath it and become the prince of Gehenna. I leave that up to you, but you have to decide now.", the king of time offered. Rin thought that the decision should be easy, but it really wasn't. His father was counting on him and he was the only one other person that had the power of the blue flames. But Assiah was this whole new world, where no one could tell him what to do. He could go back to Sayu and maybe he could get to know even more humans. He could eat the candy, Amaimon loved so much, everyday. What was the right choice? Was there even a right choice? He looked at Behemoth and remembered the demons that had to die. „Someone has to protect them... and fight those exorcists. I have to take the risk that I could never return here, but the demons raised me. They are my family. All of them. Give me the sword, Mephisto.", he determined. „Well, if that's your choice, fine.", Samael declared and threw the sword back to his new owner. Rin tried to catch it, but failed since his shoulder still was dislocated. „Oh, let me help you there.", Mephisto said and gave Rin's shoulder a seemingly soft touch, but the strength behind it was enough for Rin's shoulder to spring back in its joint. A little cry of pain made it out of Rin's mouth and he was grabbing his arm. „Well, once you unsheath it, your demon abilities will heal you. I'll leave you alone then. Send Father my regards, will you? Eins, Zwei, Drei.", with this words Mephisto disappeared in a cloud of pink smoke. Rin was creeped out by the demon. Why had he offered him a human life? Was that a test from his father? Did he want to test Rin's loyalty? Slowly he picked up Kurikara. He was a little nervous. „Okay... now or never...", he sighed. Then he pulled the sword from its sheath. Blue flames errupted from his body, but he didn't feel dizzy or tired like he used to. Rin felt his canines grow in his mouth. The pain in his shoulder and ankle disappeared and he felt something new. He couldn't describe it. It was like a fifth limb was growing out of his back. Rin looked behind him and saw a furry, soft tail. Curiously, he touched it carefully when he saw that his nails had grown too. „Wow...", that was all he could say. He was amazed by his transformation. Strength and power were flowing to the boy's body. He had never felt so alive. He looked at Behemoth who was cowering before the blue flames.

„Where is he?", Shiro asked the demon king that just appeared before him. „He is in the woods. Unfortunately, I was too late.", Mephisto answered with a shrug. „You fucking liar. You're the king of time. How can you be late?", the paladin gritted his teeth. Altough he hadn't smoked a cigarette in almost 16 years, he felt like needing one right now. „Well, you caught me. The blade wouldn't have contained his power for much longer anyway. And although he really seemed to like Assiah, he remained loyal to his father. Even if I had brought the sword back, what would we have done with the kid? He wouldn't be able to return to Gehenna, of course I could have taken care of him, but I kind of didn't want to. I'm really not good with children.", Pheles explained. „So he is a demon now?", Yukio had listened to the conversation. „Seems like it.", Shiro grumbled. „Too bad... I was really looking forward to get to know him.", the youngest son of Satan said disappointed. He knew that if would ever see his lost twin brother again, people would expect from him to fight. „Our father didn't tell little Rin about you. For all he knows, his only brothers are the 8 demon kings and you're an exorcist. Who knows, if he would even want to get to know you.", Mephisto lokked at a small pink watch around his wrist. „Well, I have to go now. Can't be late for the coronation of Gehenna's prince. Maybe I will hear something about Satan's plans, now that Rin awakened his powers. Auf Wiedersehen!", he waved shortly and disappeared.

Hey guys!
Hope you like the new chapter!
Thanks for all your reviews.
I have no idea what else I could say down here...
"Auf Wiedersehen" means "Goodbye" on German by the way...